United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-09-06 monographic deposited born digital 47 p. GA 1.13:AIMD-96-109 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-109 P0b002ee1803931e3 f:ai96109 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-109 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-109 AIMD-96-109 Logistics Defense cost control Inventory control systems Concurrency Military inventories Defense economic analysis Military materiel Federal supply systems Property and supply management Management information systems DOD Materiel Management Standard System DOD Corporate Information Management Initiative Army Deficiency Reporting System CIM Air Force Stock Control and Distribution System Economic Order Quantity Requirements Computation System DOD Provisioning Cataloging Technical Support System DOD Production Definition Support System DOD Maintenance Planning and Execution System DOD Initial Requirements Determination/Readiness Based Sparing System DOD Central Secondary Item Stratification System DOD Configuration Management Information System Letter Report AIMD The Pentagon is attempting to modernize materiel management business operations by developing a standard suite of nine separate materiel management systems that will comprise the Materiel Management Standard System. At the end of 1995, the Defense Department (DOD) concluded that this effort would cost much more than the $5.3 billion originally estimated. DOD abandoned its plan to deploy all nine systems as an integrated suite across all inventory controls points and now plans to introduce each system individually as it is developed at a selected site. DOD has also embarked on an accelerated deployment schedule to deliver these systems between now and 1999. GAO cautions that DOD is embarking on the new strategy before taking steps needed to ensure that the additional hundreds of millions of dollars to be spent on materiel management systems, as well as the appropriated funds already being invested, yield positive results. Moreover, DOD is proceeding with deployments under the new strategy without allocating the time needed to thoroughly test the new systems. This greatly increases the risk that DOD will experience problems arising from shifting testing to system users and curtailing normal levels of testing. The upshot is that DOD will likely incur substantial additional costs to operate legacy systems and to correct deficiencies that surface because of delayed testing. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-109/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-109.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-109/pdf/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-109.pdf GAO/AIMD-96-109 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-109 Letter Report GAO/AIMD-96-109; Defense IRM: Critical Risks Facing New Materiel Management Strategy; Logistics Defense cost control Inventory control systems Concurrency Military inventories Defense economic analysis Military materiel Federal supply systems Property and supply management Management information systems DOD Materiel Management Standard System DOD Corporate Information Management Initiative Army Deficiency Reporting System CIM Air Force Stock Control and Distribution System Economic Order Quantity Requirements Computation System DOD Provisioning Cataloging Technical Support System DOD Production Definition Support System DOD Maintenance Planning and Execution System DOD Initial Requirements Determination/Readiness Based Sparing System DOD Central Secondary Item Stratification System DOD Configuration Management Information System Public Law 104-106